Chapter 35: Train To Your Legs Content
Thirty minutes have gone by and I just got out of the forest and dash my way through to the village. I passed by a lot of people to get to the other side, then I see Mao walking by carrying a bag for the restaurant.
"Oh hi Ivan!"
"No time, have to train!" I didn't bother to say hey to her. I just run pass her and continue running. Mao tilt her head a bit and she comes to a conclusion that I'm in the middle of training now. Mao quickly smiles and runs back to the restaurant.
I made my way out of the village and I'm starting to feel a little tired, but I can go a little further. I see the tree not too far from here and I even see Mina waiting. I quickly dash my way through the tall grass. I made it to the tree in time for my training. I'm already at a bad start, I even start to breathe heavily. Mina approach and is carrying something heavy on both hands.
"Looks like your at your limit already. Great, we're done with step one."
"Wait, step one is to get to my limit?"
"Yes, this training will involve to surpass your limit. Now that your legs are a bit tired, time for another run, but with some weight. She hand me the bracers. the weight was insane, I couldn't tell how much it weights, it even lower my stance.
"Whoa, how heavy are these things!?" Mina explains to me calmly, but I get the feeling that I'm not going to enjoy this at all. I guess even when I was warn I still want to do it.
"Each of these weight fifty pounds, so in other word, we're getting your tired legs to run with an extra hundred pounds strap on to your legs and run to the next forest." I felt despair to exercise, no wonder I didn't exercise and look fit, but my endurance is not . Mina points to where we first met at the Great Forest. When you get there follow the river, and you'll begin step three. Best to strap these on and get a move on." She smiles at me for good luck. I really want to cry, but I did this to myself and get this done quickly as possible. It's like my best friend gave me a present of a video game that I REALLY hate, because I would lose easily, I would just throw it away, but I must pull it together, learn the game and conquer it, because my friend send me this give and I will complete the game.
I strap on the bracers and I can already feel the weight pulling me down. I can barely move my legs, but I start off my training. Few minutes have gone and I'm almost out of Mina's sight, but I'm already in pain. Mao then arrives to see what I'm training for, but I'm already gone.
"Mina, where did Ivan go?"
"Oh, you missed him, he's already running straight to the forest. By the way what's in the bag?" Mao is carrying a picnic bag full of food and a small first aid kit.
"Oh, I brought along some meals for his training." Mina place her hands on her head feeling that her friend is chasing something hopeless.
"Mao...I get you want him to notice you, but he can already see you. Well...sorta, but he's like a guy who couldn't see it when your sneaking around his fortress." Mao got a bit worry that she thinks I don't have the same feelings for her.
"Wait, so your saying that he doesn't like me?"
"No no, you got it all wrong it's just that Ivan is blind to it. He can't get a read from you at all. Like...uh...how can I say that make sense? Well let just head to the forest and wait for him to get here."
"Okay, so Ivan will be there when we get there?"
"I doubt it, he was already tired when he start running. Right now he might be exhausted thanks to the bracers pulling him down. If I remember, that an extra of an hundred pound to your legs, I think it would feel like the planet's gravitational pull increase twice the normal gravity."
"Wait is he going to be alright?" Mao looked worried about me.
"He'll be fine, he just need to adapt."
Back from where I'm running, I can barely lift my legs, my breathing went heavier and I'm already sweating crazy. I collapse to the ground and was thinking on giving up. I haven't gotten close to the Great Forest.
'Damn...is this...what I get...?" I couldn't bear my legs to be in pain. Then I feel something familiar, something cold. It's keeps getting colder and colder for the second. That feeling gave me the urge to run again, just to keep myself warm. Even the cold might've froze the pain on my legs. I can still feel the weight, but the pain is gone.
Twenty minutes have gone by and I made it to the forest. I'm still sweating, but I still feel cold like I'm in the refrigerator for hours. I search around to find the river. Then I hear a loud flowing stream on to the right. I follow the sounds and found a giant river. I look to my left and that's where the water is flowing to the lake. I quickly run ahead quickly as I can to start step three.